Did you know that there are more documenttation on the life of Jesus Christ than George Washington...did you know that there is recorded in every nation that existed in the time period in wich the bible was writen of the stories in the bible being true?
just wondering how you could denie Him
2007-10-26 07:04:13 · 27 answers · asked by Tyler G 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
My source is the bible,,, and actual know documation from other countreis
2007-10-26 07:10:07 · update #1
My source is the bible,,, and actual know documation from other countreis
2007-10-26 07:10:09 · update #2
i know a jesus who lives down the road, i know another who
lives in mexico, latin america, spain, philippines my point is the jesus u are referring to lives in the bible and in your belief.
i believe in what i believe...
2007-11-02 21:34:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
evaince???
Just cuz you believe the bible to be the ultimate truth doesn't mean the rest of us do, sunshine. The bible was written by men and translated so many times by men that inaccuracies are bound to be included. Also, many of the myths and stories in the bible are similar and parallel so many of other religions myths. Have you ever noticed that?
George Washington was indeed a real man. No argument there. However, it is a poor comparison in trying to make your point. We have tangible evidence of Washington's existence. A lock of his hair, his signature, several of his personal effects.....his grave. What tangible evidence can you provide for Jesus, other than the myths in the bible? The Shroud of Turin was proven to be not of Jesus. It was dated back to the Medieval time period.
2007-10-26 07:51:24 · answer #2 · answered by Willow 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Though I think it foolishness to think that the historical Jesus did not exist, I have entered into this debate enough times to be able to answer your question.
Coming from a contrarian view-point (where Jesus did not exist unless proven otherwise), the primary reasons are:
(a) the Bible and apocryphal literature is viewed by opponents as biased documents, and thus cannot be trusted as a historical testimony
(b) the extra-biblical, secular historical references of Jesus, are not eye-witness accounts but rather based on hearsay and written many years after his life
(c) the reference that Christians point to most frequently, Josephus - a near historical reference - appears to be an insertion or at least a partial embellishment (I would have to agree on this point) ... the original text of Josephus might have mentioned Jesus, but the language that appears in current versions of Josephus looks suspiciously biased
These three things do not give sufficient documented evidence for opponents to believe in his existence.
2007-10-26 07:08:10 · answer #3 · answered by OrangeRev 3 · 6⤊ 1⤋
That is such a bunch of crap.
Almost every single thing written about Jesus was written at least 30 years after his death. All the extensive newspaper articles, govt documents, treaties, military records etc. abot Washington were from WHEN HE WAS ALIVE.
I seem to remember that there may have been a document or few from the Romans that mentioned a "jesus" or yeshua or whatever but in hardly any detail at all. Other than that it was all way after the time of his death.
And how do you define what nations existed? Did any kingdoms in China mention Jesus? And you say when the bible was written, the BIBLE was written over a period of about 2,000 years. The Gospels were written around 30-70 years after death.
2007-10-26 07:07:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 2⤋
This is an old favorite of the McJesus Freak... OMG! There's more historical evidence of the existance of Jesus than
I always like to bring up the example of Socrates when they trot this one out. Here we have a man who was born almost 500 years before the Jesus stories were inserted in to our timeline, yet we know more about him and his daily life, his thoughts, his teachings, than we do about many more comtemporary historical figures. Much of this is because of the efforts of one man, Plato, to preserve the wisdom of Socrates.
My point is this: according to christian mythology, Jesus had a dozen or so fellows following him around. If this fellow was so fantastic, couldn't one of them have been bothered to put ink to paper to record his statements and life word for word as was done for Socrates by Plato? And before anyone starts howling about the gospels, no legitimate biblical scholar attributes the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John to the actual "disciples" that supposedly followed Everyone's Favorite Zombie around.
Besides the horribly contradictory stories in christian mythology, there are no other references to this apparently wonderful fellow in ANY historical document. The life of Jesus is just one of many other events that exist only in the tales of Abrahamic mythology, with no other historical or even geological evidence of their existance.
My advice to the poster of this pseudoquestion: While you're brushing up on your spelling, might want to buff your reading comprehension skills also, then sit down and acutally read your Big Book o' Fantasy that you supposedly put so much stock into. Read your bible, the world needs more athiests... ;)
2007-10-26 07:32:40 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I would like for you to share the proof your talking about. I have been studying christian claims for quite sometime. I haven't came acrossed anything that suggest or affirms his existence as a historical person. As a matter of fact, countless hours of study has pushed the evidence into the oppisite direction.
We do have pictures, prayer logs, journals, letters exchanged from Washington to others...so to say we have more proof of Jesus than Washington existing is far fetched.
2007-10-26 07:13:13 · answer #6 · answered by Primary Format Of Display 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
how can you say that the stories in the bible are true? stars do not hang from golden chains, the earth is not 6,000 years old, the flat earth, raising the dead, walking on water, noah and the ark what a joke. these are all in the bible the torah and the koran.
2007-10-26 08:14:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
they probably mean like maybe physical evidence or something besides a story.
there's lots of documentation on things that aren't true. but where's the evidence?
just because stories in the bible are true...
doesn't mean that jesus walked the earth.
however, i do believe that such a man did exist. after that it's all interpretation. he had a big impact on human culture since then!
2007-10-26 07:07:46 · answer #8 · answered by Sufi 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Actually, there are texts from the period. However, they refer to him as "Jesus, the bastard" or "Jesus, the magician". Also, the name Jesus, in his lifetime was as common as any other name, being roughly the same translation as Joshua.
2007-10-26 07:16:00 · answer #9 · answered by RJ_inthehouse 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There is more documentation on Superman, than Jesus and George Washington combined.
What's your point?
(What in the wide world of sports is 'evaince'?)
2007-10-26 07:08:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 10⤊ 1⤋